Mrs. Thomasena Adkins Underwood

February 28, 1930 - December 3, 2021

Mrs. Thomasena Adkins Underwood age 91 of 405 Meadow Park Drive Anderson S.C., passed Friday December 03,2021 at Rainey Hospice of the Upstate. She was born in Anderson County to the parents of the late Adolphus Adkins and Dora Mattison Adkins. Thomasena Underwood was the former First Lady of Grace Baptist Church of Christ of Brooklyn, New York. She was the Fist Lady of Grace Baptist Church Redemption House in Anderson S.C., after retired as the Director of East New York Family Day Care in Brooklyn, New York and moved with Pastor Underwood to Anderson S.C. Survivors include two daughters LaGhretta Underwood of Fayetteville Ga., and Stephanie Underwood Smith of Queens New York, one son Jacob Nazareth Underwood II of Anderson S.C., one son -in-law Bruce Smith of Queens New York, and four grandchildren Brent Underwood, LeBrandon Smith, Maya Underwood Brown, and Kayla Underwood. She was preceded in death by her husband Pastor Jacob Nazareth Underwood Sr. Funeral services will be held Monday December 13, 2021 at M.J. Dolly Cooper Veteran Cemetery at 2:00 P.M. Public viewing and Visitation will be held on Sunday December 12, 2021 at Grace Baptist Church Redemption House on 1912 South McDuffie Street Anderson S.C., from 1:00-4:00P.M. These services are Entrusted to Foggie-Holloway’s Funeral Home of Anderson S.C.